Healthy Ways To Deal With Depression

Depression, The Dark Cloud That Haunts Many

Depression and addiction go seem to walk side by side. It’s not uncommon for depressed people to turn to drugs as a desperate attempt to make themselves feel better.

Unfortunately, this hardly ever makes anything better. In fact, it usually does nothing than make things much worse. While the drugs may be able to make a person numb and forget about their problems for a while, the problems will not fix themselves. Once the high wears off, the pain will be back and likely stronger than it was before.

On top of that, turning to drugs is an easy way to make depression even worse. The majority of people who are addicted to some type of substance want to stop, but they just don’t know where to start. Anyone who has ever dealt with addiction before is likely well aware of the fact that everything seems to crumble around you. Life literally begins to fall apart.

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When people use substances to push down an issue, they usually create a hundred more problems. For example, a person may turn to drugs to deal with depression. However, in doing so, they end up losing their job, their family may distance themselves, and worst of all they may possibly even lose their life.

Basically, the only thing a person does when they feed into their addiction is create an endless cycle that slowly but surely causes their life to completely spin out of control.
As you can see, there is no good that comes from using drugs to cope with depression. Luckily, there are other options that are more effective as well as more positive for a person’s life.

Let’s go over some examples…

Positive Ways To Cope With Depression

1. Find a Trusted Person To Vent To

Sometimes, one of the best things you can do is simply vent your feelings to someone. It’s important that you only do this with a person that you can trust. After all, you don’t want your business being spread everywhere and you surely don’t want the things you share to be used against you.

It’s also important that you are careful while venting. You don’t want to make it seem like you are taking things out on the person who is willing to listen to you. As hard as it may be, you need to keep a calm tone and avoid offending the person as much as possible.

2. Occupy Your Mind

An idle mind is a bad thing to have when depressed. Keeping your mind busy will help you shift your focus onto more positive things. The less attention you supply to unpleasant feelings, the less control they will have over your life. Staying busy will help you feel better and it will also help you get a lot of important things done.

3. Do Something That You Enjoy

All work and no play can easily lead to depression. As human beings, the need to enjoy ourselves is in our nature. No matter how busy your life may be, it is important that you make time to have fun and enjoy life.

4. Begin Looking Forward

The past is gone and there is nothing that we can do to change it. The sooner we can accept this fact, the sooner we will live a happier life.

Instead of haunting yourself by looking back on all of the things you wish you would have differently, accept the facts and then begin moving forward. We can’t change what has happened but we surely can take steps to improve the future.

5. Exercise

While exercising may not be everyone’s favorite thing to do, there a lot of benefits that come with it. It’s actually a very helpful tool for dealing with issues such as depression and addiction.

Shocking to many is the fact that when a person exercises, their mind releases chemicals into their body. Believe it or not, these chemicals can produce a natural ‘high’ feeling. On top of that, the chemicals that exercise produces create happiness.

There are many other ways to deal with depression in a healthy way. However, the above options should get you off to a great start. If you would like additional ideas, you’ll likely enjoy the following video.

Try different things out and see what works best for you. The most important thing is that you find ways other than drugs to deal with your depression. As mentioned before, they do little more than make everything much worse.

There is no need to live a life ruled by an addiction or depression. You have the power within you to overcome these obstacles in your life. Keep a positive attitude, push forward, and hold on to your hope for better days.

About Sterling McCartney

Sterling McCartney is a partner at Perfect Path and Science of Imagery. Sterling has the unique ability to turn adversity into triumph and his goal is to share his talent with others. To teach other people to live the best life they can and to teach them good personal development habits. It is his desire to make the world a better place by paying it forward and teaching others to be able to do the same.